steg0miah: Imagine the world without doctors, who will be there to save lives, imagine the world without engineers and architects, imagine the world without lawyers, imagine the world without accountants.... Guess that will answer your question

Pls acontn is not a profesional cos

I think its a very useful avenue to explore our society making use of the specialized skills acquired during d time of study which u cant get in the first degree... It also provides u with an edge over others, with proper effectiveness to work with ease.. Professional courses helps a lot, talking from a stand point of nigeria where numerous unemployed undergraduate seeking for jobs compete for a position, basically it sets u apart from others. I'd love to get do a professional course after my masters!

Unfortunately many so called professional courses are full of rhetoric without hands on practical experience.
For example many people with Cisco Certification cannot even network two computers or even solve simple network problem in an office.
Some who pay hundreds of thousand for even web design can not boast of carrying out projects on their all. It appears to be all about getting the certificate which does no good to any one.

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steg0miah: Imagine the world without doctors, who will be there to save lives, imagine the world without engineers and architects, imagine the world without lawyers, imagine the world without accountants.... Guess that will answer your question

in a world without doctors, there'll be no injuries.
in a world without engineers, there'll be no crashes.
In a world without actechture, there will be no landlord palava.
In a world without lawyers, there'll be no liars.
In a world without accountants, there'll be no rubbers.


Lol!

harkindele: I'm currently in my 3rd year studying PMT(project mgt tech.) Pls wat are the professional courses I need to boost my career if its so important that I take the courses. Tnx

No one knows?

Professional course is nice but cum to fink of it, dose it provides money? Why nt invest in vocational training.

I appreciate the debate on this topic. The reason i decided to write on this controversial topic because 2 weeks ago i was hanging out with some friends then someone popped the question and we also debated on it. After the debate, i decided to do a research on it.. To my greatest surprise those professional courses are important.
Do you know most companies in Nigeria spend millions of naira annually to send their worker for professional training? So if you happen to have gone that kind of training previously, it gives you an advantage because every company are also looking for a way to save cost.
But the problem is that a professional course alone is not enough to get you a real job(although you can under special cases). You would need your university degree to back it up and it has to be in line with your discipline.

I would still like to know your own view about this...

All courses are important whether professional or amateur,If the government can be able to create job opportunities.Everybody will benefit.

Which professional courses do you think it's better for a young graduate to do to enhance their career or job hunt

yat11:

My dear, NIM is bullshyte. Plz don't waste dat money. U can eidr go 4 oda useful certificatns or learn a hand skill (no offense o).

Most young graduates r caught up wit d useless NIM programme during their service year because they r unaware of d valuable professional certs to gain. I am a victim but I have moved on.